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Southern Actor is a former whale catcher, currently a museum ship based in Sandefjord, Norway and owned by Sandefjord Museum. It is the only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order. Over 100,000 hours have been spent on restoring the vessel. Southern Actor was built in 1950 at Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough, England, for the whaling company Christian Salvesen Ltd in Leith, Scotland. Many of Salvesen's employees were Norwegian mostly from Vestfold. The ship was in Norway for maintenance in the summer.

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  • Le Southern Actor est un ancien baleinier renconverti en un navire musée basé à Sandefjord, en Norvège, et appartenant au Hvalfangstmuseet (Musée de la chasse à la baleine). C'est le seul baleinier de l'époque moderne de la chasse à la baleine à être encore dans son état de fonctionnement d'origine. (fr)
  • Southern Actor is a former whale catcher, currently a museum ship based in Sandefjord, Norway and owned by Sandefjord Museum. It is the only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order. Over 100,000 hours have been spent on restoring the vessel. Southern Actor was built in 1950 at Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough, England, for the whaling company Christian Salvesen Ltd in Leith, Scotland. Many of Salvesen's employees were Norwegian mostly from Vestfold. The ship was in Norway for maintenance in the summer. In 1995, Southern Actor was fully restored, as authentically as possible in relation to the way the boat was originally constructed. That same year she was declared worthy of preservation by Riksantikvaren, the Norwegian Directorate of Cultural Heritage. Southern Actor is in working order and can be chartered for excursions. (en)
  • Southern Actor är ett norskt ångfartyg som byggdes 1950 vid Smith’s Dock Co Ltd. i Middlesbrough i Englandsom valfångstfartyg åt Sevilla Whaling Co Ltd. Fartyget hade norsk personal och disponerades av i Leith i Skottland som drev två flytande valkokerier i Södra ishavet och en valfångststation i i Sydgeorgien. Hon lades upp år 1962 och såldes i mars till 1964 til E. Aarseth & Co i Ålesund och fick namnet Polarbris 8 med hemmahamn i Tromsø. Fartyget var i tjänst till 1971, då valstationen på Skjelnan avvecklades, och såldes därefter till spanska Industria Ballenera SA i Vigo och bytte namn till Ibsa Uno. År 1981 sänktes hon av Paul Watson och Sea Shepherd som sprängde ett hål i fartygssidan med hjälp av en bomb som de hade fäst på skrovet. Hon bärgades och reparerades och seglade under namnet Itaxa III till 1989 då hon såldes till skrotning. (sv)
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  • Sold to Norway
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  • Southern Actor at Sandefjord harbour (en)
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  • Le Southern Actor est un ancien baleinier renconverti en un navire musée basé à Sandefjord, en Norvège, et appartenant au Hvalfangstmuseet (Musée de la chasse à la baleine). C'est le seul baleinier de l'époque moderne de la chasse à la baleine à être encore dans son état de fonctionnement d'origine. (fr)
  • Southern Actor is a former whale catcher, currently a museum ship based in Sandefjord, Norway and owned by Sandefjord Museum. It is the only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order. Over 100,000 hours have been spent on restoring the vessel. Southern Actor was built in 1950 at Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough, England, for the whaling company Christian Salvesen Ltd in Leith, Scotland. Many of Salvesen's employees were Norwegian mostly from Vestfold. The ship was in Norway for maintenance in the summer. (en)
  • Southern Actor är ett norskt ångfartyg som byggdes 1950 vid Smith’s Dock Co Ltd. i Middlesbrough i Englandsom valfångstfartyg åt Sevilla Whaling Co Ltd. Fartyget hade norsk personal och disponerades av i Leith i Skottland som drev två flytande valkokerier i Södra ishavet och en valfångststation i i Sydgeorgien. Hon lades upp år 1962 och såldes i mars till 1964 til E. Aarseth & Co i Ålesund och fick namnet Polarbris 8 med hemmahamn i Tromsø. Fartyget var i tjänst till 1971, då valstationen på Skjelnan avvecklades, och såldes därefter till spanska Industria Ballenera SA i Vigo och bytte namn till Ibsa Uno. (sv)
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